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Birth	:	1759 Whitechapel, London Borough of Tower Hamlets, Greater London, England
Death	:	23 May 1831 Parramatta, City of Parramatta Council, New South Wales, Australia
Burial	:	St. John's Cemetery, Parramatta, City of Parramatta Council, Australia
Coordinate	:	-33.8168010, 150.9983310
Description	:	Arrived in NSW in 1788 on the ship Scarborough, part of the First Fleet. Was transported for life for larceny and treason. Contributor: Karen Gelley (49586733) Also Known As: "Richard Rice" Son of John Partridge and Joan Partridge Husband of Mary (Greenwood) Partridge [Convict "Lady Penrhyn" 1788] Father of Richard Partridge and Mary Ann Bowerman - Thomas Contributor: Lynette West (50593876) Richard was arrested, for stealing one linen shift (3s), one linen apron (3s), one pair of cotton stockings (6d) pence, and one pair of linen cover sluts (6d), and charged and sentenced... Read More	Arrived in NSW in 1788 on the ship Scarborough, part of the First Fleet. Was transported for life for larceny and treason. Contributor: Karen Gelley (49586733) Also Known As: "Richard Rice" Son of John Partridge and Joan Partridge Husband of Mary (Greenwood) Partridge [Convict "Lady Penrhyn" 1788] Father of Richard Partridge and Mary Ann Bowerman - Thomas Contributor: Lynette West (50593876) Richard was arrested, for stealing one linen shift (3s), one linen apron (3s), one pair of cotton stockings (6d) pence, and one pair of linen cover sluts (6d), and charged and sentenced at the Old Bailey, London's Central Criminal Court, on 30 Apr 1783. His original sentence was for 7 years transportation to America. He left for America in August 1783 aboard the "Swift" to serve his sentence but the ship was seized by a group of 24 convicts, led principally by John Kellan, which overthrew the vessel, and was run aground at Rye, Sussex[3]. Richard was captured in Kent and retried at the Old Bailey, on 10 September 1783, for returning from transportation. He was sentenced to Death but the sentence was commuted to transportation for life. Richard Partridge, was one of 288 other convicts[5] transported aboard the "Scarborough" as part of the First Convict Fleet to the new British Colony, New South Wales (Australia), on the Lady Penrhyn, Scarborough and Alexander, leaving England in January 1787 and, after a 12 month voyage, arrived at Port Jackson on 22 January 1788. The arrival of the First Fleet and subsequent disembarkation of the convicts was chaotic to say the least and it was many months before some order began to develop. The arrival of the First Fleet and subsequent disembarkation of the convicts was chaotic to say the least and it was many months before some order began to develop. It seems that soon after his arrival, he began to be noticed and on 30 September 1794 Richard was granted a conditional pardon, and he was then given an absolute pardon in 1797. He was made a Watchman in 1795, and a Constable in 1796, as well as an overseer of the convict iron gangs at some stage. He was the government flogger and executioner, alias 'Rice', the colony's notorious hangman. so his popularity may not have extended to his fellow convicts and was known as the left handed flogger. From no later than 1791 and possibly from the time of arrival in 1788, Richard was in some kind of relationship with Mary Greenwood, a Convict who had also arrived as part of the First Fleet aboard the "Lady Penryn". In 1791 Richard and Mary "adopted" an Aboriginal infant whom they named Daniel and brought up in their own home. His Aboriginal name was Woo-watty but he was known as Daniel Woowattin and became very well known for his work as guide and helper with the botanical collector George Caley who collected plant specimens for Joseph Banks in the Colony of New South Wales from 1800 to 1810. In 1816, Daniel was executed after being found guilty of raping a local teenager. On 15 September 1796 he received a grant of 60 acres at the Northern Boundary farms and, within eight years, his farm was expanded to 120 acres by another land grant on 11 August 1804. Mary and Richard had at least two children of their own, Richard Partridge born in 1793 and Mary (Partridge) Bowerman who was born in 1797 before they were married on 5 November 1810. In the 1828 Census, Richard, a Carter, was aged 69 years and living with his wife Mary aged 66, in Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia. Contributor: Lynette West (50593876)

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Richard Partridge's memorial is located at: St. John's Cemetery, Parramatta, City of Parramatta Council, Australia.
When did Richard Partridge death?
Richard Partridge death on 23 May 1831 in Parramatta, City of Parramatta Council, New South Wales, Australia
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Latitude: -33.8168010
Longitude: 150.9983310

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Spouse

Mary Greenwood Partridge

(1768 - 1837)

Children

Mary Anne Partridge Bowerman

(1797 - 1877)

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